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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 555 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Genomics
molecular biology
genome
biology
bioinformatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,854
42,352
0.331
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
物理�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,994
41,684
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
発生生物、 神経科�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,470
16,908
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Biomedical Signal Processing
Neural Engineering
Tensor Decomposition
Analog_Electronics
BC
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,494
24,918
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,905
15,325
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,497
15,283
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
neural development
neural stem cell
developmental biology
segmentation cloc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,241
10,688
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
behavioral neuroscience
developmental neuroscience
cognitio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,939
10,294
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Genome Scienc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,789
10,258
0.240
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,652
7,845
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
transcriptome
transcription starting site
small RNA
RNAome
biomarke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,374
13,342
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
liquid crystals
carbon nanotube
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,360
6,006
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hadron Physics
Theoretical Physics
Quantum Information
Theoretical Biology
Econophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,822
6,961
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
bioinformatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,300
7,463
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,183
8,309
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,732
5,746
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
wave physics
angular momentum
spin-orbit interactions
vortices
geometric phase
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,131
11,336
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
perception
neuromodulatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,612
10,837
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Cell Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,300
7,211
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
microbiom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,966
12,968
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Plant Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,965
7,308
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
nuclear physics
computer science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,622
4,195
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Zoology
EvoDevo
Vertebrates
Comparative embryology
Evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,533
4,450
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Biochemistry
Cell
Biomedical Chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,628
6,339
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Machine Learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,764
13,763
0.932
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,087
23
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Carninci Piero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127,854
42,352
0.331
Genomics
molecular biology
genome
biology
bioinformatic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,805
31
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Yasunori Yamazaki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,994
41,684
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,124
45
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,470
16,908
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,332
71
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Andrzej Cichocki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,494
24,918
0.359
Biomedical Signal Processing
Neural Engineering
Tensor Decomposition
Analog_Electronics
BC
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,725
81
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Amari S
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,905
15,325
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,973
141
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Takashi Saito
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,497
15,283
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,066
144
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ryoichiro Kageyama
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,241
10,688
0.231
neural development
neural stem cell
developmental biology
segmentation cloc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,662
167
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Shigeyoshi Itohara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,939
10,294
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,728
168
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Harukazu Suzuki
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,789
10,258
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,991
267
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Shigenobu Yonemura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,652
7,845
0.240
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,328
288
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Hideya Kawaji
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,374
13,342
0.425
transcriptome
transcription starting site
small RNA
RNAome
biomarke
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,841
434
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jeongho Jay Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,360
6,006
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,793
445
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tetsuo Hatsuda|T. Hatsuda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,822
6,961
0.280
Hadron Physics
Theoretical Physics
Quantum Information
Theoretical Biology
Econophysic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,984
524
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jessica Severin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,300
7,463
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,288
534
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Masayo Takahashi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,183
8,309
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,046
595
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yoshihiro Ito
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,732
5,746
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,742
635
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Konstantin Bliokh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,131
11,336
0.563
wave physics
angular momentum
spin-orbit interactions
vortices
geometric phase
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,261
659
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Hakwan Lau
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,612
10,837
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,228
680
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mika Tanaka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,300
7,211
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,861
773
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Wataru Suda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,966
12,968
0.722
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,838
849
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Masanori Izumi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,965
7,308
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,426
876
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Hiroyuki Sagawa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,622
4,195
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,782
883
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Shigeru Kuratani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,533
4,450
0.269
Zoology
EvoDevo
Vertebrates
Comparative embryology
Evolutio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,153
960
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Kozo Hamada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,628
6,339
0.406
Biochemistry
Cell
Biomedical Chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,742
1,048
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Gang Niu|牛罡
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,764
13,763
0.932